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Gianfranco Masini
Gianfranco Masini was an Italian orchestra conductor, primarily known for conducting opera. During the course of his career he was a principal conductor at the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste and at the Arena di Verona Festival. He appeared in numerous opera houses in Europe and North America as a guest conductor and was the principal guest conductor of the Stadttheater Bonn in 1990. At the time of his death, he was the principal conductor and artistic director of Montpellier Opera. Masini was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy and studied composition and conducting in the conservatories of Parma and Bologna, followed by further studies in Vienna with Hermann Scherchen. He made his conducting debut in 1966 with La bohème at the Teatro Municipale di Reggio Emilia. In addition to his live performances, Masini made several full-length opera recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Philips and Ricordi. His last performances were conducting La forza del destino at Montpellier Opera in early June 1993. He resigned for health reasons shortly thereafter and died in his native city at the age of 55. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianfranco_Masini) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
Songs See All
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Bellini: I Puritani / Act 1: "Or dove fuggo mai?..Ah! per sempre io ti perdei"
Leo Nucci, English Chamber Orchestra, Gianfranco Masini, and Vincenzo Bellini
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Caterina Cornaro, IGD 16, Prologo: "Tu l'amor mio, tu l'iride dei giorni miei sarai" (Gerardo, Caterina)
Orchestre Lyrique de l'ORTF, Gianfranco Masini, Giacomo Aragall, Mantserrat Caballé, and Gaetano Donizetti
Albums
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Rossini: Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra
1976
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Donizetti: Caterina Cornaro
1995
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Bel Canto Arias
1988
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Busoni: Works for Piano and Orchestra (Indianische Fantasie op.44 / Indianisches Tagebuch Konzertstück op.31 / Berceuse Elégiaque)
2018
Videos See All
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Giorgio Zancanaro - "Ah, per sempre io ti perdei" - Puritani 1985
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Leo Nucci - Il duca d'Alba aria ( Nei miei superbi gaudi )( Il duca d'Alba - Gaetano Donizetti )
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Gioachino Rossini - Elisabetta d'Inghilterra - "Incauta, che festi!" (Jose Carreras & Valerie Masterson)
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Rossini - Più lieta, più bella (Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra, Atto I) - Ugo Benelli
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Caballe - Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra
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ELISABETTA REGINA D'INGHILTERRA - Sento un'interna voce
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ELISABETTA REGINA D'INGHILTERRA - Deh troncate i ceppi suoi
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